Search Results: Titles starting with T from Old Bookshelf

New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Beatrix Potter. 85pp. Brown publisher's cloth, pasteon illustration to cover, color frontispiece. Chipping along spine and 1/2 inch piece missing from head of spine, loss of one letter from spine,binding a bit tender, but holding, text is mildly age-toned, all color illustrations clean and sound. First American Edition, published in 1903.

New York: Amphoto, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 119pp. Binding is sound , top edges and spine slightly darkened, contents are clean.

Sandusky, Ohio: The American Crayon Co., 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Peat, Fern Bisel. Pictorial covers front and rear. Unpaginated. Six magnificent color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat and seven in black and white. Covers and contents are in very good, clean condition. Dustjacket is very lightly worn and minor short tears.

New York: Brentano"s, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Willy Pogany. Unpaginated, no date c1910. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration tocover and spine, 12 mounted color plates, numerous black and white illustrations, translated by T.W. Rolleston. Covers are clean, very slight rubbing to spine ends, age-toning mainly to endpapers, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Book is in well-preserved condition.

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. M.L. Blumenthal. 83pp. Grey boards, paste-on illustration, illustrated endpapers. Moderate dampstaining and soil to boards, text is age-toned but clean, small bookseller label on rear pastedown. Satirical account of President Theodore Roosvelt told in the style of the Odyssey.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 208, 7pp ads. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 6 engraved plates with tissue-guards including frontispiece. Heavy staining to upper rear board, other less severe spotting and fading to covers, some slight splitting to rear joint and some chipping to spine, lettering is readable but slightly faded, tape residue and tiny hole to title page, slight split to front hinge. Contents are age-toned but in surprisingly sound condition, binding is tight. A straightforward description of conditions in Brazil.

Philade;phia: Carey and Hart, 1840. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 199, 258pp. Paper over boards, cloth backed, paper label to Vol. III only, moderate and occasionally dampstaining, Vol. I foxed throughout, Vol III lightly foxed, Vol. I long ago tape-repair to endpapers, former owners' names on title page and endpapers.

Hartford, CT: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 608pp. Marroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 48 full page illustrations. Corners very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Nice copy.

New York: The Texas Company, 1932. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32pp. Illustrated wraps. Tiny abrasion to lower edge, some staple rust, otherwise in very nice condition. A publication for employees of Texaco and stockholders.

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1922. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Randolph Schwabe et al. 149pp. Decorative patterned boards, tan buckram spine, paper spine label. One of 230 copies printed and numbered 121 to 350 of which this is No. 132. 17 full page drawings including several hand-colored, and 15 sepia photos Very light wear, spine slightly darkened, contents mildly age-toned, preliminary and last pages lightly foxed, text and illustrations overall in sound condition. Translated from the Russian by H. De Vere Beauclerk and Nadia Evrenov, and edited by Cyril W. Beaumont.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 77pp. Stapled stiff wraps. Light edgewear, contents mildly toned but clean. A series of essays on World War II dealing with many of the issues current today. Includes a message by Rex Stout.

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 142pp + approx 50pp publisher's list. Pictorial boards. Wear and scuffing to cover, contents are mildly age-toned, some pulling away of page of preliminary book list with no loss of text. In addition to the listing of dreams, book conatins a treatise on chiromancy and a chapter on phrenology, and is illustrated with several diagrams.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company,Inc., 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292pp. Black cloth, gilt spine title and decoration. Cover is clean and nearly unworn, contents age-toned, clean and binding is tight.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1931. 1st Edition Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall. 341pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Cover nearly unworn, spine darkened, endpapers darkened, inscription and date (1931) on front endpaper, text is clean and sound. Forward by J.M. Barrie. Laid-in is a 1978 New York Times obituary of Ms. Karsavina.

St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Ptg. Co./St. Louis & San Frisco Railroad, 1900. Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Grey pictorial wraps, large folding map. Small chips to head and tail of spiine, contents are clean, folding map (22 x 18 inches) tipped-in at rear in very good condition has 1 inch clean margin tear archival tape mended. Full page black and white, and color photos of Southwest travel through the Ozark Mountains picturing the varying landscapes and the people along the way. A very well-preserved example of this travel publication.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Cover faded, spine label chipped but readable, first and last few pages heavily foxed and stained, rest of contents only occasionally foxed, author's name written on title page ( author's autograph?) and page 2, binding is tight. The observations during his tavels through some of the middle and northern states. Howes D-609.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 436pp. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Yellow cloth, blue lettering. Signed by author on his bookplate on front pastedown. Spine sunned, light soiling, darkening to endpapers, otherwise contents are clean.

Canadian National Railways, 1930. Soft cover. Very Good. Undated but circa 1930. Grey wraps, silfk string tie, brown lettering and illustration. Unpaginated but 32 leaves with full-page sepia photos on one side only, plus title page. Light soil and light wear to cover, contents are clean and photos are bright.

New York: The Planet Press, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 20 Hrs. 40 Min.; Our Flight in the Friendship. 245pp. Blue cloth. Limited edition of 2,000 copies. Covers clean and unworn, binding is tight and contents are clean. Clipped dust jacket is chipped and worn at edges, somewhat darkened. Amusing adventures of a baby from embryo to birth with comic illustrations throughout. Translated by Louis Colman.

Tel Aviv: E.J. Herzfelder. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Curt Singer. 13pp commentary, 12miniatures. No date, circa 1950s. Stiff pictorial cardboard stock folder, 13 page commentary and 12 tipped-in color illustrations on individual sheets. One pen drawing is on cover and 4 are within the text of the commentary. Overall light soiling to cover and slight pucker to inside flaps. Color miniatures are clean and sound.